Two new faces elected to SVGCA executive

Two new faces — physiotherapist Denis Byam and web designer Kishore Shallow — have been elected to serve on the executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association for the next two years.{{more}}

The duo — both of the Victors club — were elected Saturday at the association’s annual meeting at the President’s Suite at Arnos Vale Playing Field.

Byam, a former St Vincent and the Grenadines and Windwards middle order batsman, upstaged Selwyn Allen in a run off for the second vice president post.

Byam tallied 32 votes to Allen’s 18.

The rookie — Shallow, a member of the St Vincent and the Grenadines senior team, was voted in as the association’s assistant secretary, defeating Roger Davis — 35-15.

Byam and Shallow joined the principal officers of the executive, who did not need the use of the ballots.

Topping the list of those who got a unanimous vote of confidence was president Julian Jack.

Satisfied with his last two-year tenure, Jack began his fifth term, as he was installed unopposed for the third successive time.

Also maintaining his post, and elected unopposed, was long-standing cricket administrator, Elson Crick, who will continue as first vice president.

Crick’s re-election represents a change of mind, as at the 2011 elections, he had indicated that he was doing so for the last time.

Likewise, durable secretary of the SVGCA Samuel Holder was retained unopposed, while treasurer Rawle Caine met the approval of the affiliates and received his second two-year stint in his post.

And, the four committee members on the outgoing executive, Cecil Charles, Kenroy Martin, Deighton Butler and Calvin Glasgow, were all returned.

The quartet had one challenger in Cleton Burnet, in a five-way race for the four positions.

Charles, who was elevated to post of assistant secretary in the outgoing executive following a resignation, garnered 44 votes; Martin got 42, while Butler, who was co-opted as a committee in 2011 after an executive decision to revoke Andre Bramble’s appointment, received 44 votes.

Glasgow got the fourth spot, having warded off a strong challenge from Burnett.

Glasgow gained 26 votes to Burnet’s 23.

Looking to his executive’s renewed mandate, Jack outlined some of his organisation’s focal points for the next two years.

“… The time has come when we have to start to look at development, developing others and the analysis is one of the critical points these days,” Jack said.

“We have already made the arrangement to get the necessary equipment here within the next three weeks, where we will get one or two persons being trained in that field,” Jack revealed.

Jack said that the upcoming national cricket will be used to test the equipment as well as train personnel.

He revealed that from the analyses, players who are earmarked for further development will be tracked through workshops and training sessions to correct their flaws.

Jack, who served as vice president of the SVGCA for some time, rose to the presidency in 2005, following the retirement of the long standing Lennox John, now a life member of the organisation. (RT)